Vito Bonventre

Vito Bonventre (1 January 1875-15 July 1930) was a major leader of the Bonanno crime family during the Castellammarese War.

Biography
Vito Bonventre was born on 1 January 1875 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York City in the late 1800s. He joined Nicolo Schiro's gang in New York, and he was involved in numerous murders. With the start of Prohibition, Bonventre was involved in bootlegging, and he joined Salvatore Maranzano's organization during the Castellammarese War. Joe Masseria paid Bonventre $10,000 to step down from being the boss of his gang, and Bonventre was gunned down by Masseria crime family outside of his garage in 1930.